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CataractesSyeneAswan-jacotin-1817 $1,000.00 Title Flle. 1ere. Cataractes Syene Aswan (Carte topographique de lEgypte et de plusieurs parties des pays limitrophes...)   1817 (undated)         1 : 100000 Description A stunning 1817 map illustrating the Nile Valley in the vicinity of Aswan, Egypt, in extraordinary detail. The map is sheet 1 from the massive atlas compiled by the Savants, military and civilian surveyors attached to Napoleons Egypt Campaign (1798 - 1801). Coverage extends...

  1817 (undated)         1 : 100000 Description A stunning 1817 map illustrating the Nile Valley in the vicinity of Luxor / Thebes in extraordinary detail. The map is sheet five from the massive atlas compiled by military and civilian surveyors attached to Napoleons Egypt Campaign (1798 - 1801). Coverage is centered on Luxor, but extends north as far as El Hamzeh and south as far as Mahalleh. The detailed content focuses on the fertile Nile littoral, part of the map extends eastward ...